News archive

Athens.- Greece’s leftist Syriza party held onto its opinion poll lead on Friday as it campaigns to form the first euro zone government committed to scrapping austerity outright after elections this weekend.
With the fate of Greece’s...

Athens.- President of Republic Karolos Papoulias called the specific national elections crucial after exercising his voting right on Sunday at the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina.
"I hope the Greek people who have a big experience will select...

Monthly pension spending totaled 2,338,764,679 euros in January, official figures showed on Thursday. A monthly report by "Helios" IT system of the Labor ministry showed that the number of pensioners totaled 2,654,198 in January, with an average...

The business world is asking the new government for a comprehensive development programme, which will aim, among others, to boost liquidity, adopt a stable tax system, enhance the extrovertness and competitiveness of Greek businesses and of course...

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's warned on Friday that European countries could face downgrades if their various eurosceptic parties that are currently gaining momentum win power, Reuters news agency reported.
It said the parties that...

Brussels (ANA-MPA/M. Aroni) - Greece's bailout programme will probably need a new extension, a senior eurozone official said.
The same official told journalists that the possibility of a government, that has the political will, concluding the...

Greek stocks ended sharply higher in the last trading session of the week in the Athens Stock Exchange amid a very positive climate prevailing in other European stock markets in the aftermath of an ECB decision to launch a quantitative easing...

United Nations.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
UNSG`s Special Advisor for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide will brief the members of the UN Security Council on Monday, on the impasse in the peace negotiations. Special representative Lisa Buttenheim will also...

Nicosia.- CNA
Cyprus, bilateral and regional issues are expected to top the agenda of discussions with King of Bahrain, during the first official visit the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades is paying to the Persian Gulf...